Course Description

Course Name

Sevilla's Historical-Artistic Heritage

Session: VSVS2125

Hours & Credits

45 Contact Hours

Prerequisites & Language Level

Advanced

  • Prior to enrolling in courses at this language level, students must have completed or tested out of a minimum of four semesters (or six quarters) at the college level.

Overview

Objectives 

This Course is based on two fundamental objectives: firstly, in theoretical sessions, to provide students with an introduction to Sevilla's key monuments and customs, thus enabling them to become familiar with their historical and artistic reality; secondly, to ensure that those same participants in the Course get to know these monuments directly, even propitiating thereby their experiencing of them.

Methodology

Classes - attendance to which is compulsory - will be interactively theoretical and practical, combining theoretical explanations of syllabus content - using as back-up screenings based on creative productions and documentaries - with reflexion and debate involving students' reactions to the visual content being projected, as well as to the texts recommended for reading. Likewise, each class session will be linked to a visit to the monument being dealt with at the time. 

Syllabus

  • Roman Sevilla.
  • The Royal Palace Fortress (Reales Alcázares).
  • Sevilla's Cathedral.
  • The Outer Walls in the Macarena Quarter.
  • The Santa Cruz neighborhood.
  • The Church of the Savior (El Salvador).
  • The Bullring.
  • The Square known as La Plaza de España
  • María Luisa Park.
  • The Convent of Saint Paula.
  • The Alameda and its surroundings.
  • Triana and Saint Ann's Church (Santa Ana).

Bibliography

  • Gabinete pedagógico de Bellas Artes: Itálica. Cuaderno del alumno. (Pedagogical Committee on Fine Arts): Italica. Student's Workbook; Sevilla, Consejería de Educación y Consejería de Cultura, Junta de Andalucía, 1990.
  • Gabinete pedagógico de Bellas Artes: Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla. Cuaderno del alumno; Sevilla, Consejería de Educación y Consejería de Cultura, Junta de Andalucía, 1990.
  • Lleó Cañal, Vicente: El Real Alcázar de Sevilla; Barcelona, Lunwerg, 2007.
  • Luque Teruel, Andrés: Barrio de la Macarena; Sevilla, Jirones de Azul, 2008.
  • Valor Piechotta, Magdalena; y Ramírez del Río, José: "Las murallas de Sevilla: Apuntes historiográficos y arqueológicos"; Qurtuba, 4, 1999, Págs. 167-199.
  • Several Authors: La catedral de Sevilla; Sevilla, Guadalquivir, 1989.

Assessment Criteria 

The evaluation will meet two criteria:

  • Course monitoring and on-going evaluation.
  • Knowledge acquired: tests or exams.

*Course content subject to change